The napowrimo.net prompt for day 2: ‘write a poem about a specific place — a particular house or store or school or office. Try to incorporate concrete details, like street names, distances (“three and a half blocks from the post office”), the types of trees or flowers, the color of the shirts on the people you remember there.’ Continue reading
Writing
National Poetry Writing Month 2020, Day 1
I promised myself I wasn’t going to write a(nother) coronavirus poem. I mostly didn’t. Today’s entry is off-prompt; it was instead inspired by Stephen King’s April Fool’s Day tweet.
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Dear Wednesday…
Dear Wednesday,
Have we been fooled yet?
Love,
Kevin
(1 April 2020)
Dear Tuesday…
Dear Tuesday,
Sorry I missed you. I got distracted by… everything.
Love,
Kevin
(1 April 2020)
This is what it’s like (a poem)
I promised myself I wasn’t going to write a(nother) coronavirus poem, but the NaPoWriMo early-bird prompts today all seem to want poems about (or somehow referring to) birds. So much for promises…
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Dear Monday…
Dear Monday,
You know you’re not Sunday, right?
Love,
Kevin
(30 March 2020)
Dear Sunday…
Dear Sunday,
You sure are taking your time today.
Love,
Kevin
(29 March 2020)
Dear Saturday…
Dear Saturday,
I know you wanted to pretend to be another day—but at least you don’t have to worry about traffic.
Love,
Kevin
(28 March 2020)
Quarantanamo (a poem)
I promised myself I wasn’t going to write a coronavirus poem. So much for promises…
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Dear Friday…
Dear Friday,
We’re no. 1?
Love,
Kevin
(27 March 2020)